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Multicenter Study
. 2015 Feb 7:15:94.
doi: 10.1186/s12889-015-1442-x.

The Study of Cardiovascular Risk in Adolescents--ERICA: rationale, design and sample characteristics of a national survey examining cardiovascular risk factor profile in Brazilian adolescents

Katia Vergetti Bloch  1 , Moyses Szklo  2 , Maria Cristina C Kuschnir  3 , Gabriela de Azevedo Abreu  4 , Laura Augusta Barufaldi  5 , Carlos Henrique Klein  6 , Maurício T L de Vasconcelos  7 , Glória Valéria da Veiga  8 , Valeska C Figueiredo  9 , Adriano Dias  10 , Ana Julia Pantoja Moraes  11 , Ana Luiza Lima Souza  12 , Ana Mayra Andrade de Oliveira  13 , Beatriz D'Argord Schaan  14 , Bruno Mendes Tavares  15 , Cecília Lacroix de Oliveira  16 , Cristiane de Freitas Cunha  17 , Denise Tavares Giannini  18 , Dilson Rodrigues Belfort  19 , Dulce Lopes Barboza Ribas  20 , Eduardo Lima Santos  21 , Elisa Brosina de Leon  22 , Elizabeth Fujimori  23 , Elizabete Regina Araújo Oliveira  24 , Erika da Silva Magliano  25 , Francisco de Assis Guedes Vasconcelos  26 , George Dantas Azevedo  27 , Gisela Soares Brunken  28 , Glauber Monteiro Dias  29 , Heleno R Correa Filho  30 , Maria Inês Monteiro  31 , Isabel Cristina Britto Guimarães  32 , José Rocha Faria Neto  33 , Juliana Souza Oliveira  34 , Kenia Mara B de Carvalho  35 , Luis Gonzaga de Oliveira Gonçalves  36 , Marize M Santos  37 , Pascoal Torres Muniz  38 , Paulo César B Veiga Jardim  39 , Pedro Antônio Muniz Ferreira  40 , Renan Magalhães Montenegro Jr  41 , Ricardo Queiroz Gurgel  42 , Rodrigo Pinheiro Vianna  43 , Sandra Mary Vasconcelos  44 , Sandro Silva da Matta  45 , Stella Maris Seixas Martins  46 , Tamara Beres Lederer Goldberg  47 , Thiago Luiz Nogueira da Silva  48
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The Study of Cardiovascular Risk in Adolescents--ERICA: rationale, design and sample characteristics of a national survey examining cardiovascular risk factor profile in Brazilian adolescents

Katia Vergetti Bloch et al. BMC Public Health. .

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  • Erratum to: The study of cardiovascular risk in adolescents--ERICA: rationale, design and sample characteristics of a national survey examining cardiovascular risk factor profile in Brazilian adolescents.
    Bloch KV, Szklo M, Kuschnir MC, de Azevedo Abreu G, Barufaldi LA, Klein CH, de Vasconcelos MT, da Veiga GV, Figueiredo VC, Dias A, Moraes AJ, Sousa AL, Borges AL, Andrade de Oliveira AM, Schaan BD, Tavares BM, de Oliveira CL, de Freitas Cunha C, Giannini DT, Belfort DR, Ribas DL, Santos EL, de Leon EB, Fujimori E, Oliveira ER, da Silva Magliano E, de Assis Guedes Vasconcelos F, Azevedo GD, Brunken GS, Dias GM, Filho HR, Monteiro MI, Guimarães IC, Faria Neto JR, Oliveira JS, de Carvalho KM, Gonzaga de Oliveira Gonçalves L, Santos MM, Muniz PT, Veiga Jardim PC, Ferreira PA, Montenegro RM, Gurgel RQ, Vianna RP, Vasconcelos SM, Silva da Matta S, Martins SM, Goldberg TB, Nogueira da Silva TL. Bloch KV, et al. BMC Public Health. 2015 Sep 3;15:850. doi: 10.1186/s12889-015-2083-9. BMC Public Health. 2015. PMID: 26335689 Free PMC article. No abstract available.

Abstract

Background: The Study of Cardiovascular Risk in Adolescents (Portuguese acronym, "ERICA") is a multicenter, school-based country-wide cross-sectional study funded by the Brazilian Ministry of Health, which aims at estimating the prevalence of cardiovascular risk factors, including those included in the definition of the metabolic syndrome, in a random sample of adolescents aged 12 to 17 years in Brazilian cities with more than 100,000 inhabitants. Approximately 85,000 students were assessed in public and private schools. Brazil is a continental country with a heterogeneous population of 190 million living in its five main geographic regions (North, Northeast, Midwest, South and Southeast). ERICA is a pioneering study that will assess the prevalence rates of cardiovascular risk factors in Brazilian adolescents using a sample with national and regional representativeness. This paper describes the rationale, design and procedures of ERICA.

Methods/design: Participants answered a self-administered questionnaire using an electronic device, in order to obtain information on demographic and lifestyle characteristics, including physical activity, smoking, alcohol intake, sleeping hours, common mental disorders and reproductive and oral health. Dietary intake was assessed using a 24-hour dietary recall. Anthropometric measures (weight, height and waist circumference) and blood pressure were also be measured. Blood was collected from a subsample of approximately 44,000 adolescents for measurements of fasting glucose, total cholesterol, HDL-cholesterol, LDL-cholesterol, triglycerides, glycated hemoglobin and fasting insulin.

Discussion: The study findings will be instrumental to the development of public policies aiming at the prevention of obesity, atherosclerotic diseases and diabetes in an adolescent population.

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